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Falling in Love
Nothing is more practical thanfinding God, thanfalling in Lovein a quite absolute, final way …Fall in Love, stay in love,and it will decide everything.–Joseph Whelan, SJ I need to find andfall in love with God in an absolute, final way. … Continue reading
Posted in compassion, Creation, Poetry, Reflections
Tagged Alfalfa, Alice Walker, Church of the Wild, Esther Hizsa, Falling in Love, Grey Canal Trail, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Joseph Whelan, Living from the Heart, Michael Major, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, Victoria Loorz
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As If I Wasn’t Dying Inside
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint.My heart has turned to wax; it has melted within me.–Psalm 22:14 (NIV) Jesus, on the cross, poured out like water bones out of joint heart turned to wax, … Continue reading
Posted in community, compassion, Creation, Easter, Lent, Poetry, Prayer, Reflections
Tagged Birds on a Rainy Day, Celtic Blessing, crucifixion, Deep Peace, Esther Hizsa, Golden Moth, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Karl Jenkins, Living from the Heart, Macomb Paynes, resurrection, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, Sylvia Sassen
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Another Disguise
God comes to you disguised as your life. –Paula D’Arcy Dust to dust is not nothing to nothing as if dust were not precious, as if returning to dust meant our lives didn’t matter, as if we could disappear without a trace, as if God could … Continue reading
Posted in Creation, Lent, Mindfulness, Mystical, Poetry, Prayer, Reflections
Tagged Bryon Lippincott, Dust to dust, Esther Hizsa, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Jenny Uhling, Living from the Heart, Paula D'Arcy, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, The Silence Within, Thich Nhat Hanh, Village School Cambodia
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Making Light
You are the light of the world.–Matthew 5:14 We must let go of outcomes. Suffering is caused by not accepting things as they are, not admitting we are powerless to control the future. I’m learning to accept my powerlessness. I try to notice … Continue reading
Posted in compassion, Creation, Justice, Lent, Poetry, Reflections
Tagged Early Rays, Esther Hizsa, How the Stars Get in Your Bones, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Jan Richardson, Living from the Heart, Not Enough Darkness, SoulStream, SoulStream Ignatian Spiritual Exercises, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, Thomas, weye
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Return Again
Return again, return againReturn to the land of your soulReturn again, return againReturn to the land of your soul Return to what you areReturn to who you areReturn to where you are born and reborn again. –Shaina Noll, Return Again Come … Continue reading
Posted in compassion, Creation, Lent, Mindfulness, Poetry, Reflections, Songs
Tagged Alice Popkorn, Ardyth and Jennifer, Calling, Come home, Esther Hizsa, Ho’oponopono Mantr, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Isaiah 30:15, Living from the Heart, Return Again, Shaina Noll, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, The Cranes Return, Wild horses, Zeynep Sude Emek
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When Love Happens
To loveand be loved.We were made for this.Love created the earth, the stars, the seas.Everything and everyone was made of You,from Loveby Love,for Love. Love is the one thing needed,the command that keeps all others. To see what love does–there … Continue reading
Posted in community, compassion, Creation, Poetry, Reflections
Tagged Best Friends, Esther Hizsa, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Jacqueline Bergen, Jessie Wilcox Smith, Living from the Heart, SoulStream, SoulStream Community, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, Take and Receive, Thomas Leuthard
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Colloquy 2*
I awoke to find a blanket of yellow covering the lawn. Other fading leaves still clung to the tree. Eventually, they would tire, loosen their grip and be vulnerable to the next brisk breeze. Then, my dear tree will stand naked while rain pelts, winds push and pull and snow … Continue reading
An Everyday Pilgrim 